Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot

Chapter 483: Chapter 212: Iron Tree_1

Wang Tao had originally planned to burn this Level 3, Lord Monster to death with flames, just like last time at that mini reservoir.

But to his surprise, the flames actually went out!

This Big Tree Monster, it wasn’t afraid of fire?!

Whoosh!

The Big Tree Monster again swung its tendrils, attacking Wang Tao.

Wang Tao dodged several attacks and retreated to Jiang Shixue’s side.

“If it’s not afraid of fire, we can only… go all out then!”

Wang Tao sighed.

He wasn’t very keen on going all out against this Tree Monster, but he had no other choice now. Of course, he could run away, but he wasn’t one to lose a fight; running away was definitely unnecessary. He came here specifically to kill this monster!

Wang Tao took a deep breath, and some black roots appeared on his wrists, quickly spreading over his entire body. In the blink of an eye, a “Tree Root Monster” standing two and a half meters tall appeared.

Wang Tao had previously refrained from using the Entangling Roots because he was afraid of setting himself on fire, after all, Entangling Roots fear fire. But since fire attacks were ineffective, Wang Tao had no reservations, showing his strongest form!

While clad in this suit of Entangling Roots armor, Wang Tao used his Bone Knife even more smoothly. He twirled the knife in his hand, then charged straight at the Big Tree Monster.

Whoosh—

Wang Tao instantly rushed to the Big Tree Monster’s side and slashed fiercely at its body.

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“Such high defense!”

This slash from Wang Tao was delivered with the Iron Wall Ability active and a high-frequency vibration, on top of being clad in the Entangling Roots.

That could almost be considered Wang Tao’s peak condition, yet it only dealt over three thousand damage! If this were an ordinary Level 3 zombie, Wang Tao felt he could have killed it instantly. One could imagine just how high the Big Tree Monster’s defensive power was.

But no big deal, one slash for over three thousand, a dozen more would kill it!

Of course, the Big Tree Monster wouldn’t allow Wang Tao to do so. Its tendrils flailed wildly, striking at Wang Tao.

Wang Tao had intended to withstand the attacks using the Entangling Roots, but he realized that they seemed somewhat fragile, and he promptly retreated.

“Such high damage!”

Wang Tao was somewhat astonished.

He had managed to slash the Tree Monster two more times, depleting over seven thousand HP. But the tendrils had hit the Entangling Roots four times, shredding over four thousand HP!

Considering that the Entangling Roots initially had ten thousand HP, this meant half of it was gone in an instant!

“Looks like I’ll have to use the Shockwave.”

High-frequency vibration dealt the highest damage, and Wang Tao had hoped for a quick battle. But since the Entangling Roots couldn’t withstand the attacks, he had no choice but to use Shockwaves to attack from a distance.

Swoosh—

Wang Tao raised his knife and sent a Shockwave towards the Big Tree Monster.

But to Wang Tao’s surprise, those tendrils suddenly appeared in front of the Big Tree Monster, blocking the strike.

The Shockwave ripped through the tendrils, dealing over five hundred damage, a mere scratch to the hundred thousand blood volume of the tendrils.

Seeing so many tendrils with a hundred thousand HP in front of him, Wang Tao felt a headache coming on.

This Big Tree Monster was hard to kill—close-range attacks resulted in getting hit, which he couldn’t withstand. Distant attacks were shielded by the multitude of hundred-thousand-HP tendrils, not leaving a scratch on the Big Tree Monster!

The only silver lining was that, apart from using these tendrils, the Big Tree Monster didn’t seem to have any other means of attack, at least not that he could see for now, and it was incredibly slow, reducing the pressure on Wang Tao to some degree.

At this moment, Wang Tao suddenly felt a twinge of regret that he should have focused more on cultivating the Entangling Roots.

The Entangling Roots currently had only ten thousand HP, but their limit was a hundred thousand. However, cultivation was needed, either by using Crystal Cores or his own HP.

Wang Tao had only ensured that the HP and Compatibility of the Entangling Roots remained at 100%, without the intent to cultivate it specially, since their inherent defense was already high… But now it seemed, that defense wasn’t high enough.

If his Entangling Roots had a hundred thousand HP, he might have been able to withstand the tendrils’ attacks and kill the Big Tree Monster…

“Brother, I’ll draw its attention, and you attack.”

That’s when Jiang Shixue suddenly spoke up.

“No, it’s too dangerous!”

Wang Tao immediately shook his head.

Jiang Shixue had already been attacked by a tendril just now, losing over two thousand HP. Even with her 29999 HP, she wouldn’t last long.

“Brother, I can do it, and I trust you as well.”

Jiang Shixue said earnestly.

In daily life, Jiang Shixue was always somewhat spacey, but she became much clearer-headed during combat.

Wang Tao hesitated, but seeing Jiang Shixue’s calm gaze, he eventually nodded.

“Fine! But if it gets dangerous, and I tell you to retreat, you must retreat!”

“Okay!”

After a brief discussion, Wang Tao and Jiang Shixue separated, one to the left and one to the right, and rushed towards the Big Tree Monster.

The Big Tree Monster immediately swung its tendrils, attacking both of them at the same time. But at that moment, a red glint flashed in Jiang Shixue’s eyes.

The tendrils that were targeting Wang Tao suddenly paused, then redirected their attack towards Jiang Shixue!

This was Jiang Shixue’s Hidden Attribute, Eyes of Contract!

[Eyes of Contract: Night Vision, some degree of mind control]

This ability to control minds sounds very powerful, but its effect on strong creatures is very limited.

For a Level 3, Lord Monster like this, Jiang Shixue, who was of Level 2, Lord Rank, could only slightly influence it for a moment, such as drawing its attack.